Power Supply Questions Answered By Gamers Nexus
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The only issue, I had with that cheap power supply, was that the 2-pin fan died after running constantly for 3 years, which basically equals to 12 office years 8/5. I should move to hibernation, but Ubuntu does not support hibernation and the hack I tried to get it working, did nothing. To be honest I would never use this power supply with a more power demanding system and surely not without the Surge Protector. Before 2011 without the surge protector, I used 1 off-lease PC per year, due to the power-fails causing defect motherboards or defect SFF power-supplies :( :(
Date: 2022-09-02
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Koji
People who are buying lower than 1200w are buying PSU the wrong way :3
And Steeve just mentioned the reason i always buy up: a 1200w to 1600w will ne more likely to be able to avoid transient spike shutdowns. Theyre also likely to not have cheaped out internals, particularly platinum and above. Regardless of the '80+' the actually modern designed PSU have near flat 90+ efficiency curves which should be what is focused on cuz you dont really need to think about getting that 'exacly half rated power draw' target.
But even with all that its good to know how all the power is actually routed. Like steeves last 30 psu gid had a 430w only supplying 387w to the 12v rail, and its not something that should be found out the hard way.
It also 'more' future proofs with psu to buy a larger one. The only thing that may break that for psu is things like that 12vo standard intel has pushed for. But PSU can last way longer than any other PCU component save the case, so i never cheap out on it, period.
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People who are buying lower than 1200w are buying PSU the wrong way :3
And Steeve just mentioned the reason i always buy up: a 1200w to 1600w will ne more likely to be able to avoid transient spike shutdowns. Theyre also likely to not have cheaped out internals, particularly platinum and above. Regardless of the '80+' the actually modern designed PSU have near flat 90+ efficiency curves which should be what is focused on cuz you dont really need to think about getting that 'exacly half rated power draw' target.
But even with all that its good to know how all the power is actually routed. Like steeves last 30 psu gid had a 430w only supplying 387w to the 12v rail, and its not something that should be found out the hard way.
It also 'more' future proofs with psu to buy a larger one. The only thing that may break that for psu is things like that 12vo standard intel has pushed for. But PSU can last way longer than any other PCU component save the case, so i never cheap out on it, period.
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Richard
Never cheap out on a PSU even on a budget build. My old Corsair AX860i ran for 8yrs 24/7 through many builds and even SLI setups when those Nvidia GPUs usually capped out at 250w each and in all that time it never let me down. Only changed it 2yrs ago as I went with a 5950X build with a Strix 3090 OC so I wanted a new PSU just for piece of mind, especially after knowing about those 3000 series transient issues. Went completely overkill and went with the Corsair AX1600i and so far that's been running for 2yrs straight without a single issue. Wattage is overkill for my needs but one I wanted a PSU that integrated with iCue so I could read the PSU data and I wanted a PSU that was built to a very high standard that should last for many years and builds, at least until ATX 3.0 forces me to upgrade. Could have gone with the AX1200i but that's an aging PSU at this point at the end of its life and the AX1600i was a much newer design anyway.
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Never cheap out on a PSU even on a budget build. My old Corsair AX860i ran for 8yrs 24/7 through many builds and even SLI setups when those Nvidia GPUs usually capped out at 250w each and in all that time it never let me down. Only changed it 2yrs ago as I went with a 5950X build with a Strix 3090 OC so I wanted a new PSU just for piece of mind, especially after knowing about those 3000 series transient issues. Went completely overkill and went with the Corsair AX1600i and so far that's been running for 2yrs straight without a single issue. Wattage is overkill for my needs but one I wanted a PSU that integrated with iCue so I could read the PSU data and I wanted a PSU that was built to a very high standard that should last for many years and builds, at least until ATX 3.0 forces me to upgrade. Could have gone with the AX1200i but that's an aging PSU at this point at the end of its life and the AX1600i was a much newer design anyway.
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Steez
I m happy with my Corsair 2021 rm1000x 1000 watt gold psu. Aris rated it highly, its a little long but that just helps cooling as components are spread out, and it uses a magnetic levitating fan so it realistically should survive the 10 year warranty. Also has a crap ton of CPU/PCIE plugs on the modular panel( you can use it for either cpu or VGA, some other psu s split it up to cpu and vga exclusively. Paired it with a nice set of cable mod custom cables and it looks amazing. The custom cables are little expensive, but I plan on bringing this power supply forward for many years and having these custom cables look so awesome and are so much easier to cable manage.
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I m happy with my Corsair 2021 rm1000x 1000 watt gold psu. Aris rated it highly, its a little long but that just helps cooling as components are spread out, and it uses a magnetic levitating fan so it realistically should survive the 10 year warranty. Also has a crap ton of CPU/PCIE plugs on the modular panel( you can use it for either cpu or VGA, some other psu s split it up to cpu and vga exclusively. Paired it with a nice set of cable mod custom cables and it looks amazing. The custom cables are little expensive, but I plan on bringing this power supply forward for many years and having these custom cables look so awesome and are so much easier to cable manage.
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Jeffrey
GPU MAKER'S FAULT!
The GPU manufacturer (not NVidia) needs to specify the maximum SPIKE the card produces in a worst-case scenario. That's a power draw spike TO THE CARD ITSELF not necessarily an onboard spike which should have some capacitors to help mitigate... PSU makers can't be expected to guess this... but this is hardly ideal. There probably needs to be a simple RULE that you can't spike more than X% of the cards rated power draw... I think we need a new RATING system. This needs to be as IDIOT PROOF as possible.
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GPU MAKER'S FAULT!
The GPU manufacturer (not NVidia) needs to specify the maximum SPIKE the card produces in a worst-case scenario. That's a power draw spike TO THE CARD ITSELF not necessarily an onboard spike which should have some capacitors to help mitigate... PSU makers can't be expected to guess this... but this is hardly ideal. There probably needs to be a simple RULE that you can't spike more than X% of the cards rated power draw... I think we need a new RATING system. This needs to be as IDIOT PROOF as possible.
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BassJunkie
I bought a Corsair TX750 back in 2009, even tho i replaced it for first gen ryzen it still today powers my daughters 10400f build. And from what i can tell, if the fan doesn't fail it should have many years left. Decent quality Psu and Case are imo the hardware that can outlast most other components.. I just replaced my 2013 Corsair Vengeance C70 with a Lian Li Lancool 3 but only because i couldn't fit my new 280mm aio, I'm still keeping the C70 as again its fine for the kids.
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I bought a Corsair TX750 back in 2009, even tho i replaced it for first gen ryzen it still today powers my daughters 10400f build. And from what i can tell, if the fan doesn't fail it should have many years left. Decent quality Psu and Case are imo the hardware that can outlast most other components.. I just replaced my 2013 Corsair Vengeance C70 with a Lian Li Lancool 3 but only because i couldn't fit my new 280mm aio, I'm still keeping the C70 as again its fine for the kids.
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Santino
gotta say, as i'm hitting two years with my 3080 at the end of this month, i really thought I'd gotten away with using my 750w Seasonic Focus (great PSU, btw) for it. that changed a couple of weeks ago with Spider-Man when I hit everything ultra and RT on. bam. trips the PC dead until i unplug and replug. still waiting to see if it's driver-related as the last patch seems to have lessened the occurrences and I get away with more quality. if not, well, 1000w PSU incoming, i guess.
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gotta say, as i'm hitting two years with my 3080 at the end of this month, i really thought I'd gotten away with using my 750w Seasonic Focus (great PSU, btw) for it. that changed a couple of weeks ago with Spider-Man when I hit everything ultra and RT on. bam. trips the PC dead until i unplug and replug. still waiting to see if it's driver-related as the last patch seems to have lessened the occurrences and I get away with more quality. if not, well, 1000w PSU incoming, i guess.
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Johnnyboy5520
My rule of thumb: never skimp on a power supply. Do the research, and buy more capacity than you need. I've seen people complain about spending a few more bucks, but expect their rig to be stable. As said here, a good quality one will last a long time and you can always move it to another build. And remember: GN > LTT all day long. The former does real useful testing, the latter is just entertainment.
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My rule of thumb: never skimp on a power supply. Do the research, and buy more capacity than you need. I've seen people complain about spending a few more bucks, but expect their rig to be stable. As said here, a good quality one will last a long time and you can always move it to another build. And remember: GN > LTT all day long. The former does real useful testing, the latter is just entertainment.
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Gucky
I tell everyone to wait for ATX 3.0.
If you want to be REALLY Futureproof I'd recommend a 850W-1000W ATX 3.0 PSU, with one 12VHPWR Connector. Who knows..maybe even 150W GPUs might have that connector.
I bought a 750W SFX PSU last year (running a 3090FE+150W CPU), because i needed one for my ITX PC. Before that i used the same 660W 80+Gold PSU for 10 Years.
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I tell everyone to wait for ATX 3.0.
If you want to be REALLY Futureproof I'd recommend a 850W-1000W ATX 3.0 PSU, with one 12VHPWR Connector. Who knows..maybe even 150W GPUs might have that connector.
I bought a 750W SFX PSU last year (running a 3090FE+150W CPU), because i needed one for my ITX PC. Before that i used the same 660W 80+Gold PSU for 10 Years.
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1BigBen
B:S Steve I still have my AX1200 1gen PSU and it has last over 12 years and has been heart of every build for 24 per year, now 80Plus gold was a sure thing be cause at the time to pass it, you needed to use a quality parts in it,
but today you can build a 80plus gold can be build with crappy parts.
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B:S Steve I still have my AX1200 1gen PSU and it has last over 12 years and has been heart of every build for 24 per year, now 80Plus gold was a sure thing be cause at the time to pass it, you needed to use a quality parts in it,
but today you can build a 80plus gold can be build with crappy parts.
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jawndoekck
Only PSU I'd buy right now is a be quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W. It can actually handle transients and has plenty of headroom. It's the closest thing to future proof connector and cable wise. Good thing I'm not buying on though cause they're 400. Going to wait for Black Friday.
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Only PSU I'd buy right now is a be quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W. It can actually handle transients and has plenty of headroom. It's the closest thing to future proof connector and cable wise. Good thing I'm not buying on though cause they're 400. Going to wait for Black Friday.
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Hal
Very Nice Video. Thanks to both of you. Definitely needs to be a change of attitude and focus regarding PSU's. Buyers need to understand more about PSU's and look deeper into the Spec's when buying. Attention Gamers, take a step up regarding PSU's, How they operate and Spec Details.
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Very Nice Video. Thanks to both of you. Definitely needs to be a change of attitude and focus regarding PSU's. Buyers need to understand more about PSU's and look deeper into the Spec's when buying. Attention Gamers, take a step up regarding PSU's, How they operate and Spec Details.
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DJSNIPES
I've been buying Corsair power supplies for the past twenty years. All my builds have a Corsair 80 Gold now and I've havent had one fail on me yet. The amount of power supplys that I have purchased prior to Corsair was Antec and those did fail on me back in the late 90's.
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I've been buying Corsair power supplies for the past twenty years. All my builds have a Corsair 80 Gold now and I've havent had one fail on me yet. The amount of power supplys that I have purchased prior to Corsair was Antec and those did fail on me back in the late 90's.
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andy
In the real world you never skimp on boots or beds, if your not in one your in the other.
In the pc world, never skimp on a psu of motherboard
A bad psu can fry everything in your pc and a motherboard can cause instability issues
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In the real world you never skimp on boots or beds, if your not in one your in the other.
In the pc world, never skimp on a psu of motherboard
A bad psu can fry everything in your pc and a motherboard can cause instability issues
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